{"id":458313,"date":"2022-09-15T05:25:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=458313"},"modified":"2022-09-15T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:25:12","slug":"tony-ferguson-claps-back-at-daniel-cormier-for-recent-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-claps-back-at-daniel-cormier-for-recent-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson claps back at Daniel Cormier for recent criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson has hit back at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/daniel-cormier\/\">Daniel Cormier<\/a> for recent comments he made following Tony&#8217;s loss at UFC 279.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend at UFC 279, Tony Ferguson fell short in his attempt to defeat Nate Diaz in the main event of the Las Vegas pay-per-view. &#8216;El Cucuy&#8217; had his moments but ultimately, couldn&#8217;t prevent falling to his fifth straight loss inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Many have questioned whether or not the veteran should consider walking away from the sport, but the man himself proclaimed in his post-fight interview that he felt as if he was &#8216;back&#8217; following what he deemed to be a fun fight with a fellow legend.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cormier disagreed, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-disagrees-with-tony-ferguson-saying-hes-back-after-nate-diaz-loss-his-decline-now-has-been-very-steep\/\">noting that<\/a> he felt Ferguson had been on a steep decline.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, the former UFC interim lightweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/munchmma\/status\/1570201795409969152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn&#8217;t pleased<\/a> with DC&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/munchmma\/status\/1570201795409969152<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c@dc_mma Should Put The Sweets Down. Too Much Sugar Will Go To Your Head like Ol\u2019 Fathead Khabieber. Once a hater always a vagina- cHAMP. -CSO- MF\u2019as us\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cormier has been known to be an opinionated man within the world of mixed martial arts which is hardly surprising, given that he&#8217;s an analyst and commentator for the UFC. Alas, Ferguson has always been defiant, and he&#8217;s always held himself to a high standard when it comes to what he can produce inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>The next step on his trajectory is unknown and there&#8217;s every chance he could have a few more nice performances at either welterweight or lightweight, but the short notice Diaz bout just didn&#8217;t work out in his favour.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on Daniel Cormier&#8217;s comments about Tony Ferguson? Do you think we will see El Cucuy back inside the Octagon before the end of the year? 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Last weekend at UFC 279, Tony Ferguson fell short in his attempt to defeat Nate Diaz in the main event of the Las Vegas pay-per-view. &#8216;El Cucuy&#8217; had his moments but ultimately, couldn&#8217;t prevent falling to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":381959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10153,10113,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tony Ferguson claps back at Daniel Cormier for recent criticism | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tony Ferguson has hit back at Daniel Cormier for recent comments he made following Tony&#039;s loss at UFC 279.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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